Most plant buyers pay little mind to the fine print on plant tags. Believe it or not, even plants come with fine print these days. What is said is that the plant with the tag is property of the patent holder, and the purchaser is buying the right to grow that plant until it is dead. It is true: you can do just about anything you want with the plant, except propagate it. In the ornamental industry we feel that we have gained by this explosion of patented plants available. Twenty years ago lantana and verbena were considered exotics; now hundreds of new varieties are introduced each year. All these new plants have certainly been fun for us gardeners.
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You have been weeding your little green patch out front, dreaming to have rows of beautiful flowering plants after a few months. But, to your utter frustration, you found that a small area at the corner of your garden has been invaded by the notorious Japanese knotweed. Finding a patch of weeds in a garden is not a reason to be alarmed. It is but a common incident to find some unwanted wild plants growing amongst your flowers every now and then. You can just weed them out if they pose too much of a threat. However, this is not the case with the Japanese knotweed. Weeding them out as well as completely eradicating them from your little green patch is one big challenge.
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After answering several inquiries regarding our success at eradicating weeds from Sluice Pond and raising funds to establish weed control, I thought an article describing a successful process would help others in Massachusetts and New England.
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